Obituaries
Mary Mead
Sep 29, 2006
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary "Eileen" Mead, age 78, of Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3, 2006, at the Parkview United Methodist Church in Milbank. The Reverend Beth Conrad will officiate. Eileen died on Friday, September 29, 2006, at the Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health following a long and courageous battle with kidney failure and cancer. In...
Vera Boe
Sep 28, 2006
Funeral services for Mrs. Vera Boe, age 90, of Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October 2, 2006, at the American Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend Craig Werling will officiate. Vera died on Thursday, September 28, 2006, at Beverly Healthcare in Milbank. Family members are asked to meet in the church multi-purpose room by 10:00 a.m. Monday...
Gerald Oehler
Sep 21, 2006
Funeral services for Gerald William Oehler, age 83, of Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, September 25, 2006, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend James L. Wiese will officiate. Jerry died on Thursday, September 21st, at the Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health. Family members are asked to meet in the church fellowship hall by 10:00 a.m....
Virginia Blomgren
Sep 20, 2006
Virginia Pearl (Johnston) Blomgren was born on August 28, 1945, in Hennepin County, MN, to parents, William and Lillian (Crofoot) Johnston. As a young girl, she attended school in Hennepin County and graduated from high school in 1963. Following her high school education, she attended college. On May 18, 1968, Virginia was married to Lyndon Blomgren at the Appleton Congregational...
Leo Prisinger
Sep 19, 2006
Funeral services for Leo Prisinger, age 75, of rural Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 22, 2006, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend James L. Wiese will officiate. Leo died on Tuesday, September 19th, at his farm home. Family members are asked to meet in the church fellowship hall by 10:00 a.m. Friday to...
Nathan Woolery
Sep 12, 2006
Funeral services for former rural Revillo, SD, resident, Nathan (Nate) Darrel Woolery, age 20, of South Shore, SD, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, September 18, 2006, at the American Lutheran Church in Milbank with the Reverend Craig Werling and the Reverend Janine Rew-Werling officiating. Nathan died on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, in rural South Shore. Family members are...
Leo Nelson
Sep 2, 2006
Leo Alfred Nelson was born on September 10, 1915, in Balaton, MN, to parents, Alfred and Alma (Cedarholm) Nelson. Leo was baptized at his home in Balaton as an infant and was confirmed into the Lutheran faith on May 31, 1931, at the Sillerud Lutheran Church in Balaton, MN. As a young boy, Leo attended school in Balaton and graduated...

John Mosher
Aug 29, 2006
Funeral services for John W. Mosher, age 70, of DeKalb, Illinois, will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 4, 2006, at the Elim Evangelical Covenant Church in Stockholm, SD. The Reverend Stephen Leston will officiate. John died on Tuesday, August 29, 2006, at his home. Visitation will be at the church on Monday one hour prior to services. Burial...
Robert Pickthorn
Aug 29, 2006
Robert Raymond Pickthorn was born on September 10, 1920, in Browns Valley, MN, to parents, Frank and Myrtle (Shandorf) Pickthorn. As a young boy, he attended school in Browns Valley, and graduated from Browns Valley High School in 1937. Following graduation, Robert married Evelyn McCleerey on November 14, 1941, in Chicago, IL. To this union two children were born, Ron...
Eugene Lambrechts
Aug 28, 2006
Mass of Christian Burial for Eugene S. Lambrechts, age 72, of Twin Brooks, SD, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 2, 2006, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Milbank. Father Ken Lulf will be the celebrant. Gene died from an aggressive liver cancer on Monday, August 28, 2006, surrounded by his family, at Avera-McKennan Hospital and University Health...
Myrtle Johnson
Aug 24, 2006
Myrtle Mary Johnson was born on February 19, 1910 to parents John Edwin and Otilie Theresa (Scheele) Johnson in Lockwood Township, SD. At the age of seven, the family left Roberts County and moved to Big Stone City. Growing up, she attended school in Big Stone City, graduating from high school in 1928. Myrtle worked as a bookkeeper for both...
Murlyn Schnaser
Aug 22, 2006
Murlyn Alfred Schnaser was born on July 2, 1933 to loving parents Alfred and Orinda (Obitz) Schnaser. His mother went into labor while at a picnic, Alfred took Orinda to her parents home across from where the cheese factory stands today where they were blessed with Murlyn's birth. Growing up, Murlyn had two brothers; Bion and B. J., and two...

Geneva Anderson
Aug 21, 2006
Graveside services for Mrs. Geneva (Jan) Anderson, age 81, of Lakeville, MN, will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 25, 2006, in the LaBolt Cemetery at LaBolt, SD. Pastor Vern Anderson of the Berean Baptist Church in Burnsville, MN, will officiate. Pallbearers will be family members. The Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home of Milbank is in charge of the local arrangements....
Leona Tober
Aug 19, 2006
Leona Frieda Bertha (Minners) Tober was born on October 5, 1919, in Beardsley, MN, to parents, J. Gustav and Anna (Baerwaldt) Minners. She was baptized on October 26, 1919, at the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Beardsley, MN, and was confirmed on August 5, 1934, in the same church. As a young girl, Leona attended school in Beardsley and graduated...
Margaret Matheson
Aug 18, 2006
Margaret Marie Hauck was born on February 3, 1922, in Madison, MN, to parents Arthur and Hilder (Akerson) Hauck and was baptized in the First Congregational Church in Madison. She graduated from Madison High School in 1940, and spent her first year of college at Carleton College, Northfield, MN. In 1941, she transferred to Iowa State College (now ISU), Ames,...
Robert Serocki
Aug 18, 2006
Robert Michael Serocki was born on April 20, 1945 to parents Paul and Joan (Lewandowski) Serocki Sr. in Sisseton, SD. He grew up with three brothers and four sisters on the family farm in Browns Valley, MN. Bob completed high school and then went on for two additional years of schooling. He met Sylvia Stueve at a dance at the...
Joan Clifton
Aug 16, 2006
Joan K. (Giese) Clifton was born on July 8, 1944, to parents, George and Geneva (Jones) Giese, on the family farm near Appleton in Swift County, MN. As a young girl, she attended country school District 48 in Odessa Township and later graduated from Ortonville High School in 1962. Following her graduation, Joan attended the University of Minnesota in Morris....
Clifford Hanson
Aug 10, 2006
Clifford Thomas Hanson was born on December 14, 1902, in Perry Township, Lac Qui Parle County, MN, to parents, Louis and Jennie (Haugen) Hanson. He was baptized on April 10, 1936, at the Zion Evangelical Church in Bellingham, MN. Throughout his life, he was a member there and also at the Yellowbank and Odessa Evangelical Churches. As a young boy,...
Kay Wolff
Aug 9, 2006
Kay Lynn (Moen) Wolff was born on November 28, 1959, in Denison, IA, to parents, Olaf and Ruth (Jensen) Moen. She was baptized and confirmed into the Presbyterian Faith on May 20, 1973, in the United Presbyterian Church in Denison, IA. As a young girl, Kay attended school in Denison and graduated from Denison High School in 1978. Following graduation,...
LaVaughn Mendenhall
Aug 3, 2006
LaVaughn "Bonnie" Mendenhall, age 69, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2006 at her home in Ortonville, MN. There will be a private Mass of Christian Burial for Bonnie and a private inurnment. Bonnie was born on February 7, 1937 in Grand Forks, ND to parents Frank and Lucille (Fell) Bolack. She grew up in Crookston, eventually completing her GED. On...